True Love Waits

Chapter 1375 Hello Auntie

When they referred to Noreen, they were referring to the woman cozying up to Matthew, treating him like her boyfriend. She was a famous star, like Chantel. She had a fan base, and to them she was impossibly beautiful and elegant, a goddess, if you will. And her fans were primarily male.

Today, she wore a wine-red deep V-neck evening dress and a collar manufactured by Mikimoto jewelers. It was an amalgam of South Sea pearls, pink conch pearls, Tahitian pearls, white pearls, and so on. All of them cultured and set in various metals like gold and platinum, along with diamonds. This particularly pricey piece was on loan, meant to show off the line. Her wavy blonde hair fell over her left shoulder, revealing the long drop earring dangling from her right ear-a graceful rainbow pearl suspended by an 18k golden chain.

As Erica approached, Noreen clung harder to Matthew's arm, trying to get herself even closer to the man.

And just like everyone else, Matthew's eyes had never left Erica's lithe form. She was a thing of beauty, radiant and nearly unattainable. Especially today.

The voluminous skirt of the red bubble dress parted to reveal her shapely legs. She looked like a princess.

Matthew had a slight smile on his face, an enigmatic thing that was sometimes not there when you looked for it. Noreen thought it was for her. She was wrong.

Erica continued making her way through the guests. Before she could say anything, more people began commenting. "Mr. Huo's wife is here. What does Noreen think she's doing? Doesn't she know she should stay away from Mr. Huo?"

"Maybe she doesn't know Erica is Mrs. Huo? After all, Erica hasn't been in Y City for a while now."

"Maybe! I don't know!"

It was almost as if Erica couldn't see the woman with Matthew.

She quickened her pace when she was about to reach him. Finally, she gave him a hug in front of everyone and said in a sweet voice, "Hi honey!"

As soon as Erica put her arms around the man, Noreen went red with embarrassment. Her face almost matched the red of her dress.

Matthew and Erica were husband and wife. She knew that, and had to step back. She was merely his escort. Erica was his wife.

arm. But she stood still, as if she didn't

was unfathomable. Finally, he said in a soft voice, "You're so bad." She came here without telling him. Wouldn't that make her a bad girl? Erica giggled and then looked at the woman beside her husband, as if she had seen her for the first time. She tilted her head intimately in his arms and looked

had to admit that Noreen was very

the other was cute and lovely. One was approachable, the other not so much. 'Huh? Auntie?'

'She's still as bad as ever! And

Noreen quickly snapped out of it. She smiled politely and said to Erica, "Hello, I'm Noreen Xia. I'm only 35. Far too young to be an auntie. Mr. Huo and I go way back. In fact, I think I'm closer to his age than you are. Three years older, in fact. But it's nice to meet

Her mentioning her age was a deliberate move. Noreen's trying to imply that she and Matthew are meant

I thought you were almost 50! It's a good thing you set the record straight, huh? But, you might want to use more makeup, or drink more water. I can see

is also an actress. She told me people like you have to eat right and exercise. And I'd attack those wrinkles too. The industry has no use for an old actress. I'm

of her mouth

looks pretty young for her age. My brother's always saying she looks like a teenager." Erica was lying

sister-in-law. Why should she compare the two of them? It was not fair from the get-go. But she tried to remain gracious. She

and walked up to Matthew. With a smile, she said, "Mr. Huo, we haven't said hi to

Matthew nodded and told her, "You wouldn't mind waiting here, right? This won't

with any

her eye, she saw a few people. Her anger nearly vanished. She flashed Matthew a lovely smile and said, "Okay, it doesn't matter. Go ahead. I see some old friends I can hang out with. I'm

Matthew was confused and didn't know

miss an opportunity. She took

if she didn't see Noreen holding her

tear her down, or slap her, or make her cry.

walked the other way, hailing

group better than

the group when she ran into FC. He knew better than

men, Matthew stopped in his tracks. The woman on his arm was taken aback, and had to work not to